How to make a Grilled Southwest Style Chicken Salad

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Salads

Pretty much everyone likes to eat a salad sometimes. I like to make a lot of salads with some kind of grilled chicken or steak a lot. This way I can force my family to get some nutrients with out making a big meal. I especially like to make this at lunch time, When I think of salad I can think of many that will catch my attention most especially when it is hot outside. My husband will look at me like I have 2 heads when I say I am making salad for lunch he will usually respond with I am not a rabbit. I don't pay attention I just keep what I am doing and make the salad. Once he sees me taking out my George Forman grill he usually stops complaining and waits patiently to eat. I am pretty simple when it comes to salad ingredients so this will be a simple recipe to follow.

Salad

Cook Time

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 20 min

Ready in: 35 min

Yields: Depends on how much you want to make

George Forman Grill

Ingredients

Iceberg Lettuce, shredded

Tomatoes, chopped or sliced

cucumber, sliced thin

Carrot, shredded

boneless skinless grilled Chicken Breast, chopped or chunked

Taco Seasoning, 1/2 packet

Taco Sauce, 1 cup

green olives with pimento, 12-15

Onion, thinly sliced

Green Pepper, thinly sliced

Red Pepper, thinly sliced

Southwest style Crispy strips, to taste

Preparing Chicken for Grilling

Start with a large bowl, a cutting board and a decent knife. Take your chicken and wash it good. Once chicken is clean cut into strips place in bowl. Add a little water and taco seasoning. With Clean or gloved hands rub the mix all into the chicken. When you see that all the chicken is coating with seasoning get the taco sauce and pour over chicken. Rub sauce all over chicken. When this is complete place on your preheated George Forman grill or what ever grill you have. Cook until chicken is no longer pink on the inside. Once Chicken is done cooking take off the grill and place on a plate and let cool. When chicken is cooled to the temperature you would like in your salad. I prefer to let it cool and stick in the refrigerator for a while so its cool but some people prefer the chicken to be warm so please adjust to your liking. Make sure that Chicken is cut into strips or chunks to your own preference.

Now that your Chicken is prepared

Now is time to prepare your salad. You can chop it up any way you like. I like to shred my lettuce and chop my tomatoes. I like to slice really thin the onions and peppers and I like to shred my carrots. I leave the olives whole unless they are the giant ones then I will slice in half or fourths if needed. When I am ready to serve my salad I add the southwest style chipolte flavor salad strips and I like to use Ranch Salad dressing but you can of course use your favorite flavor. If I don't have any of the salad crispy strips I will crunch up some tortilla chips or doritoes if we have any.

Some other styles

There are many other ways to make a Grilled Chicken Salad.

You can use just plain Grilled Chicken and use your salad dressing for flavoring

You can marinate your chicken in italian salad dressing. This is really good for baking also.

You can marinate your chicken in buffalo sauce.

For a real quick buffalo sauce in a small sauce pan add butter about 2 tablespoons, about the same amount of hot sauce I prefer to use Louisiana hot sauce, add a teaspoon of ketchup and a 1 teaspoon and a half of sweet baby rays bbq sauce( original) let melt together and stir. You can always add more hot sauce if not hot enough for you and then I put just a tiny squirt of ranch dressing.

You can use a marinate like Dales which is great but very salty.

You can make with lemon herb chicken which gives the salad an amazing taste.

You can make it with a honey bbq sauce.

There are so many variations that I know of but I am sure you all know of some others you can share with me in the comments.

Variations

You can make all of the Variations above with Grilled Chicken but some other ways to a great salad can include a nice crispy fried chicken and also steak is nice in a salad as well. Take a nice thin palomino steak and slice thinly and season in any recipe for some thing a little different. Please feel free to add your favorites in the comments if you like.

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las81071

5 years ago

Thank you for the comments. I am so glad you like it.

Ceres Schwarz

5 years ago

This recipe for chicken salad looks good. This recipe doesn't seem to take much time to make at all. It's great how you also mentioned other variations and styles for this chicken salad recipe so readers can try out this recipe in the way that they want to.

vespawoolf

5 years agofrom Peru, South America

We also love salads and this one sounds wonderful! I appreciate all the variations you mention so we can use whichever ingredients are in the pantry. And this is such cheaper than buying a salad like this at a restaurant. Thanks!

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